xmlHttpRequest abort() method does not close the connection in Internet Explorer

Question

I have multiple xmlHttpRequests on my page, and I am attempting to call the abort method on them all. Works great in FF. IE, on the other hand does not do a darn thing. The connections do not close, and I am unable to navigate to another page until the requests complete. What is this? Why doesn't IE close the connections when abort() is called?

Answer 1

I've almost never gotten abort to work in IE. I'm tired and can't remember why - something about not being able to abort until you're in readyState 4 (or maybe that it changed to readyState 4 when it aborts?). Either way, Ajaxian has a work around in the depths of its' archives:

http://ajaxian.com/archives/reusing-xmlhttprequest-without-abort